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Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 26th April 2024

  • Apr 26, 2024
  • 2 min read

Updated: Oct 27, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 763cm

Posted on Friday 26th April 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Shiga Kogen.


Some pretty rough weather around Wednesday but the Route 292 connecting us with Gunma is now open. That means you can get to the base of Shibutoge, too.


A fine morning and it will be warming up too.


Hopefully we will have some fairly nice weather over Golden Week, though some forecasts show the chance of some light rain at times.


Ski area planned closing dates


Below are the planned closing dates of ski areas in Shiga Kogen. In the late season, ski areas often scale back operations and/or may be closed on weekdays or on certain days. All the dates below are the planned dates and they are subject to change due to snow conditions.


Plans to be open until 6th May:

Ichinose Family (daily)

Yakebitaiyama (daily)

Okushiga Kogen (daily)

The following ski areas plan to be open only 27th April until 6th May:

Terakoya

Takamagahara Mammoth


Plans to be open daily until 12th May:

Kumanoyu


Plans to be open daily until late May:

Yokoteyama

Shibutoge



Shiga Kogen Now 2023-2024 season

Data as of Friday 26th April 2024 Total snowfall at base 763cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (21st March) November 2023 snowfall 32cm reported on 8 days December 2023 snowfall 95cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 259cm reported on 21 days February 2024 snowfall 115cm reported on 15 days March 2024 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days April 2024 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day




All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Shiga Kogen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.


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